Movie Glance, 12/13

Johnny Knoxville’s octogenarian alter-ego Irving Zisman must take his 8-year-old grandson (Jackson Nicoll) to the boy’s deadbeat father (Greg Harris) — really just a device for putting Knoxville and Nicoll in a car together and letting them wreak havoc across state lines. Knoxville’s willingness to do anything for a laugh is a gift that keeps on giving.

Rated: R for crude and sexual content, language, graphic nudity and drug use

Grade: C+

‘The Best Man Holiday’

“The Best Man Holiday” is a most welcome sequel to the 1999 sleeper hit, “The Best Man,” about a tight-knit circle of friends who gathered then for a wedding, now to spend Christmas together. It’s occasionally maudlin and melodramatic, but it’s also heartfelt and often downright hilarious.

Rated: R for language, sexual content and brief nudity

Grade: B-

‘Delivery Man’

David Wozniak (Vince Vaughn) finds out donations to a fertility clinic nearly 20 years earlier resulted in 533 children, 142 of whom are demanding to know the identity of their biological father. Life is well underway for most of them when Wozniak enters into the picture, and the movie celebrates the diversity of possibility, presenting him with offspring of all colors and personalities.

Inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Snow Queen,” “Frozen” tells the story of royal sisters Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) and Anna (Kristen Bell). Elsa repeatedly struggles with her power to create ice and snow, putting her kingdom and Anna in peril. “Frozen” encourages viewers to embrace their fears, overthrow their inhibitions and find the true meaning of love.

Rated: PG for some action and mild rude humor

Grade: C+

‘Homefront’

Jason Statham is Phil Broker, a DEA agent who has retired to a small town with his daughter. Unfortunately, Gator (James Franco) and his druggie girlfriend (Winona Ryder) control the local meth supply and don’t want some former fed snooping around. “Homefront” moves quickly but feels generic in the extreme.

Rated: R for strong violence, language, drug content, brief sexuality

Grade: D+

‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’

An upgrade over the first “Hunger Games” movie, “Catching Fire” comes across more like a remake than a sequel. Rebellion against the totalitarian rule of President Snow (Donald Sutherland) in the 12 districts of Panem is growing. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) has become a beloved hero as it’s announced the next Hunger Games will be fought between former winners.

Three sixty-something friends (Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline) take a break from their day-to-day lives to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last remaining single pal (Michael Douglas). Rated: PG-13 for sexual content and language

Grade: Not available

‘Out of the Furnace’

When Rodney Baze (Casey Affleck) mysteriously disappears and law enforcement fails to follow through, his older brother, Russell (Christian Bale), takes matters into his own hands to find justice. “Furnace” is an ambitious, impressionist and confused ode to steel belt machismo, code, family and revenge.

Rated: R for strong violence, language and drug content

Grade: C

‘Thor: The Dark World’

After Thor (Chris Hemsmorth) has spent two years restoring order to the nine realms, a dark energy called the Aether seeps out and Thor must seek help from the duplicitous Loki (Tom Hiddleston). Ardent fans will likely be pleased enough.